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hayley_bopp's review against another edition
2.0
Having read and enjoyed The Dice Man a few years ago, I picked this up when I spotted it in my local second hand bookshop. It was ok. Easy enough to read. I didn't like how the perspective of the narrative kept changing. I don't really get what that was supposed to add, other than, perhaps, a sense of schizophrenia on the part the main character.
mcintoshheidi's review against another edition
4.0
Just finished reading this book. I didn't enjoy it as much as the original Dice Man book, which was written in the first person and was much more gripping and thrilling than this one. It was still an enjoyable story, but not really in the same spirit or style as the first book.
si0bhan's review
3.0
Personally, I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as the first. It was a good book following on from the first however I failed to fall in love with Larry as much as I fell in love with Luke and his dice choices.
Written in the same easy-to-follow way as the first, this one follows Larry’s story on his quest to find his father. There are a lot of moments whereby you’re curious as to what will happen next, second guess what is to come, as there was with the first books. I think I was just expecting a little bit more dice-living than I was given as that was generally what made the first book so entertaining (by that, I mean I wasn’t laughing quite as much as I was with the first book). Nevertheless, it was a good way to tell you what happened years after the first book had its rather abrupt ending.
Written in the same easy-to-follow way as the first, this one follows Larry’s story on his quest to find his father. There are a lot of moments whereby you’re curious as to what will happen next, second guess what is to come, as there was with the first books. I think I was just expecting a little bit more dice-living than I was given as that was generally what made the first book so entertaining (by that, I mean I wasn’t laughing quite as much as I was with the first book). Nevertheless, it was a good way to tell you what happened years after the first book had its rather abrupt ending.
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